The footage, to be aired by Channel 4 will, look like a regular television picture until viewers don special glasses which will make the images appear to emerge from the screen.

Director Bob Angell and cameraman Arthur Wooster shot the colour newsreel as part of a package called Royal Review.

To achieve the 3D effect, they used two cameras simultaneously at different angles before blending the footage together into a single picture.

Their filming covered the Queen at events she attended in the lead up to and after the Coronation in 1953, including a visit to the Epsom Derby and a trip on the Royal Barge on the Thames.

As part of Channel 4's documentary, Angell and Wooster, who are now in their 80s, have come out of retirement to get behind the camera one more time and obtain contemporary footage of the Queen.

David Glover, Channel 4 specialist factual commissioning editor, said: "When I was told that there was unseen footage of the Queen's coronation in 3D I didn't really believe it at first. Watching it didn't disappoint – it was like turning the TV set into a window – you draw back the curtains and look straight back into 1953.

"Watching period 3D documentary footage is about as close to time travel as one can get. You watch as the crowds wave at the coronation and you see the young Queen Elizabeth walking right past you," he added.

To enable viewers to appreciate the full effect of the 3D shots, the broadcaster has teamed up with Sainsburys to distribute the special red and blue glasses for free.

The two, hour-long programmes, are made by Renegade Picture Ltd/Can Communicate, in association with the British Film Institute (BFI) and will be shown later in the year.